Tag: offshore oil

• Thursday, July 12th 2012 - 19:36 UTC

  Rockhopper signs a billion dollars deal to develop Falklands’ oil discovery

  

  Britain's Premier Oil announced on Thursday a 1 billion dollars deal to farm in and develop Rockhopper Exploration oil and gas discoveries in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, May 10th 2012 - 05:23 UTC

  France’s Total awarded an oil exploration licence offshore Uruguay

  

  France’s Total has been awarded an exploration licence for block 14 offshore Uruguay, following a second bid round staged by state-owned company ANCAP. Confirmation of the award is subject to further approval by Uruguayan authorities.

• Thursday, April 12th 2012 - 17:15 UTC

  Judge denies injunction to bar Chevron from operating in Brazil

  

  Brazilian judge denied an injunction seeking to bar oil company Chevron Corp and drill-rig operator Transocean Ltd from operating in Brazil after two offshore oil leaks, a federal court in Rio de Janeiro said this week.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 05:20 UTC

  Petrobras announced discovery of light oil offshore Espirito Santo basin

  

  Petrobras has discovered light oil and gas accumulation in the Tambuata prospect in Brazil’s offshore Espirto Santo basin. Well 4-GLF-31-ESS was drilled in 1.520 metres water depth in the Golfinho Concession (4-BRSA-1001-ESS).

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 06:21 UTC

  Brazilean company fully committed to oil exploration off-shore Namibia

  

  Brazilian oil and gas start-up HRT boosted its net potential oil resources 12% to 7.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) following a certification study of its assets in Namibia.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 08:57 UTC

  Rolls Royse joins Brazil’s new oil rush with plant for offshore rigs energy modules

  

  Relying on the expected growth of the oil and gas industry in Brazil and the influx of new rigs and floating production, storage and offloading, FPSO, in the Brazilian offshore market, British manufacturer, Rolls Royse is set to make a 60 million US dollars investment in a new plant to build energy modules for offshore rigs.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2011 - 01:34 UTC

  Fearing US reaction, Cuba makes public full-scale offshore oil exploration plans

  

  Cuba hopes to counter US worries over its plans to start its first full-scale offshore oil exploration in a rare presentation this week to an energy audience outside the island.

• Thursday, March 17th 2011 - 21:05 UTC

  Argentina further tightens the noose on the Falkland Islands

  

  The Argentine senate unanimously approved Wednesday a bill that bars companies and persons from participating in hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation activities in the Argentine continental platform (which includes the Falkland Islands), and proscribes fines for infractions and barring periods of time from 5 to 20 years for companies that violate the law.